Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones of Happiness, on tour September/October 2017

About The Blue Zones of Happiness

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic (October 3, 2017)

New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of the world’s happiest places—and shows how we can all apply the lessons of true happiness to our lives.

In this inspiring book, Buettner offers game-changing tools for setting up your life to be the happiest it can be. In these illuminating pages, you’ll:

• Meet the world’s Happiness All-Stars—inspiring individuals born in places around the world that nurture happiness as well as Americans boosting well-being in their own communities.

• Discover how the three strands of happiness—purpose, pleasure, and pride—weave together in different ways to make Denmark, Costa Rica, and Singapore some of the world’s happiest places.

• Use the Blue Zones Happiness Test to pinpoint areas in your life where change could bring more happiness—and then find practical steps to make those changes.

• Learn the Top 10 ways to create happiness, as revealed by a panel of the world’s leading experts convened specifically for this project.

• Boost your own happiness by applying the lessons of Blue Zones Project communities—America’s largest preventive health care project, which has already improved the health and happiness of millions of people across the United States.

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About Dan Buettner

Dan Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones, an organization that helps Americans live longer, healthier lives. His groundbreaking work on longevity led to his 2005 National Geographic cover story “Secrets of Living Longer” and two national bestsellers, The Blue Zones and Thrive. He lives in Minneapolis, MN. Visit him on Facebook and Twitter, and at his website bluezones.com.